SPEAK WITH ANIMALS
1st-level divination (ritual)
Casting Time: 1 action
Range: Self
Components: V, S
Duration: 10 minutes
You gain the ability to comprehend and verbally communicate with beasts for the duration. The knowledge and awareness of many beasts is limited by their intelligence, but at minimum, beasts can give you information about nearby locations and monsters, including whatever they can perceive or have perceived within the past day. You might be able to persuade a beast to perform a small favor for you, at the DM's discretion.
It is not a combat spell so it should automatically be considered a ritual spell that does not cost a spell slot.
Yes, this does make Warlock beast speech rather less interesting but it is the unavoidable nature of options that some appeal more than others. Considering some of the other PHB options for invocations that may or may not show up when we get to higher levels, (ascendant step, eldricth spear, otherworldly leap, one with shadows), I reckon that beast speech is a bit down the list anyway.
